Fishing reel



Feb. 23 1926. 1,574,719

- H. WHITE FISHING REEL Filed MaylQ; 1925.

Patented Feb. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT WHITE, OF HANOVER, ILLINOIS.

FISHING REEL.

yApplication filed May 19, 1925. Serial No 31,322.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT Wm'rn, a resident of Hanover, in the county of Jo Daviess, State of Illinois, a citizen of they especially where independent action is re-I quired so that the reel may be free to pay out the line when it is cast or may be engaged by a handle and rotated in the reverse direction, so that the line may be rewound. l

The object of the invention being to provide said winding handle with'an arm t0 carry a planetary gear wheel meshing with a stationary gear wheel and driving a pinion concentric with the handle hub and adapted to operate a clutch when driven for the winding operation but adapted to release the clutch and reel when the line is cast.

Another object of the invention is to conipactly ylocate the said gearing and clutch at one end of the reel within very little space so that the whole device shall not seem heavy nor cumbersome.

These and other objects and details of thev invention are more fully described in the following specification, set forth in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved reel with its end casing removed.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the spool detached.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the .shaft with pinion and clutch.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional viewA Fig. 5 is a side view of the clutch and its cover.

Fig. 6 is a side view of the arm adapted to carry the planetary gear wheel.

The improved fishing reel consists of a frame having the heads 10 vconnected by cross bars 11, the lower ones carrying a plate 12 by which the reel may be attached to a fishing rod.

Within this frame is enclosed a spool upon which the line is adapted to be wound and comprising heads 13 preferably convex as opposed to each 'other and connected by a tube 14 having interior bearings 15 at each end and in which is located the shaft 16 supported by pins 17 and 17 at each end, the lpin 17 being threaded and adjustable'to prevent too free movement of the shaft and to take up wear. i f

To one of the heads 1() is secured a casing. 18 and mounted concentrically in the same is a shell 19 having a threaded boss 2O extending vbeyond the outside of the casing and on which is secured the handle 421 that is adapted to rotate the shell.

Extending radially from the shell is an arm 22 carrying the gear Vwheel 28 that plays throughian opening in the side of the shell and meshes with the pinion 24 secured on the shaft. The wheel 23 also gears with the internally toothed ring 25 on the adjacent head 10, and as the handle 21 is turned and the wheel 23 carried by the arm 22 around the toothed ring 25, said wheel 23 is rotated and in turn rotates the pinion 24 and shaft 16.

As the shaft and pinion are rotated clockwise by the handle a small mutilated gear 26 (Fig. v5) on the shaft 16 is partly rotated and throws outward a spur 27 of the clutch 28 that is pivoted in a drum 29 adjacent the pinion 24, and the said spur engages the interior of the clutch hand 30 on the adjacent spool. head 13 and rotates the spool to wind on the line. y

The movement of the drum 29 on the shaft 16 is limited by a pin 31 that allows sufficient shifting of the parts to operate the clutch and throw it vout or in.. This pin and the pivot pin 32 of the clutch member serve also to unite to the drum a plate 33 to confine the parts.

When the reverse movement is given the spool by the paying out of the line the initial action of the spool throws the clutch 28 around with its mutilated gear 26 and the band 30 is unobstructed and free to move while the handle 21 remains at rest.

rI`he casing 18 is secured to its head 10 by screws that permit of immediate removal or replacing so that repairs lmaybe made lll) Shell in the Casing having :i gear-firm and gen1 thereon, :i shaft journelefl in the freine sind shell and e pinion on bhe Shaft, :i Spool on the shaft, e. clutch bend on the spool :rml a clutch member on *elle Shaft, means on the shaft for disengaging the elnieh memb'ei'e when Jche shaft is moved in one directionE :L

handle ixefl lo the Shell for rotating the latter lo engage Jrhe Clutch members, and multiplying gears between Said pinion and gear.

Q. In a fishingA reel, the combination of an frame having :i man nt one end, :i simil; jonrnzillezl in ille easing and ihe rame, e

spool hswing' laeafl: einlinonned on `the Shak, e elufteh hand on one oi the heads, a

.said gear Wheel and the Vpinion md open :lied-by the handle.

3. In :i fishing'- reel, l'he .combination of 1L frame having n, easing :it one end, n shaft journeleal in ,he freine and easing, :L inutilatecl geur' on fhe hnft, n drum adapted to revolve about said mutilated gear, a pin on the drinn sind engaging said gear to limit Athe drnins movement, n clutch member having teeth to meeh with the mutilated gear and adapted tohe thrown in 0r out of gear :is ihe drinn.revele/ee, :L vclutch drum on he spool, :i pinion on the shaft, :i shell about the pinion .unil joznfnllfxl in lhe neming, :l handle lo the shell to rotate it, :i radial :ii-in on- Athe shell, :in iiiternelly toothed gem' Wheel on iherame, and a gear Wheel earried bfJ-lhe .21 im and meshing' with the internally toothed Wheel and the pinion to drive the imite-r as l'he handle is turned.

In iesimony whereof I hereunto niix my signature.

HERBERT VHITE, 

